History – Doreen Speckmann

Sievers School of Fiber Arts

“Happiness is in your hands and it keeps you young.”
. . . is the slogan that founder Walter Schutz selected when Sievers originated in the early 1970’s.

First, a little of my quiltmaking history. In 1976 I had no intention of becoming a quiltmaker. My preconceptions of quilting were built upon myth and misinformation: Only Little Old Ladies on metal folding chairs in church basements made quilts. (I was 26 at the time, and 40 still looked like over-the-hill to me.) “ItContinue reading “Doreen’s First Quilt: Silky”